Four dead in fire at S Delhi apartments

Four people died and one person sustained severe burn injuries in a fire that engulfed a four-storeyed residential building in Tigri Extension on Saturday evening, police said. The fire reportedly started at a footwear store on the ground floor, officers said.

- Hemani Bhandari

Delhi Fire Services said that of the four people who died, two have been identified as Satender alias Jimmy, 48, the owner of the building and the footwear shop, and his sister, Anita, 38, a resident of one of the upper floors. Two men were yet to be identified till the time of the report.